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Re: Need to be

Yes, it means those two things. It''s not an infinitive without 'to' here- the to comes after 'comes' and the writer has simply not repeated it, though I think the sentence would be better the way you have it with 'to' repeated because you have hardworking (adjective) and work hard (verb + adverb) next to each other- 'to' separates them better.

However, even then it is an ugly sentence IMO because it is repetitive- the second half doesn't add anything in particular so I can't see the point in having hard/work repeated close together.

Re: Need to be

Yes, it means those two things. It''s not an infinitive without 'to' here- the to comes after 'comes' and the writer has simply not repeated it, though I think the sentence would be better the way you have it with 'to' repeated because you have hardworking (adjective) and work hard (verb + adverb) next to each other- 'to' separates them better.

However, even then it is an ugly sentence IMO because it is repetitive- the second half doesn't add anything in particular so I can't see the point in having hard/work repeated close together.